Monthly Archives: March 2021

So tell me what shocking about this pitch. Some Obama speech writer and image manager is scripting a remake of “The President’s Analyst.” That 1960s comically paranoid thriller offered us the phone company as the Big Villains out to Rule … Continue reading →

“Luz” is a slow, soapy prison romance that, if nothing else, is not quite like any prison and “getting out” picture you’ve ever seen. It comes at Latin machismo from a queer point of view, upending prison and post-prison life … Continue reading →

Something’s made the old fisherman sleepwalk. He stares off into space, blacks out, forgets where he’s been or why he took his boat out in the middle of the night. Is he drinking? Has mental illness taken him? Is it … Continue reading →

Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt and Joe Manganiello are among those voicing characters in this dark, violent animated fantasy.

“And Breathe Normally” is about two women who arrived at their similar circumstances in vastly different ways, but who recognize the desperation they have in common. This Icelandic drama is about human migration, refugees, homelessness and the missteps that put … Continue reading →

This Johnny Depp thriller/police procedural was in the can long before Depp’s career imploded with allegations of physical abuse of his ex-wife Amber Heard. This March 19 (April 9 on VOD) story about the cops, what they knew and what … Continue reading →

Stylized, impressionistic and striking, “Bombay Rose” is a fanciful animated melodrama for adults, a tale of India’s past and present, with some of that past rendered into old fashioned Bollywood movie myth. A simple parable that’s a little hard to … Continue reading →

“The Vigil” is the most original, most chilling horror film of the new year. And let me hasten to add, it’s not even close. It’s a supernatural thriller set in an Orthodox Jewish community of New York, which is novelty … Continue reading →

“Long Live Rock,” a doc about the undying devotion of aging white folks to their favorite metal bands, is littered with tattoo stories, accident stories, mosh pit and crowd surfing tales and a few yarns that begin with “We were … Continue reading →

“My Beautiful Stutter” is a film about stuttering and stutterers viewed through the efforts of an organization trying to “put children in a place” where they love themselves, teaching them “I stutter, and it’s OK.” That organization is SAY, The … Continue reading →